Obituary: Lawrence G. “Chick” Cummings

Funeral services will be held at Turpin Funeral Home Saturday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m. with burial following in Lone Tree Cemetery. Family visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

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By Turpin Funeral Home

Stuttgart Daily Leader - Stuttgart, AR

By Turpin Funeral Home

Posted Jan. 15, 2014 at 11:34 AM

By Turpin Funeral Home

Posted Jan. 15, 2014 at 11:34 AM

Lawrence G. “Chick” Cummings, 91, of Stuttgart, passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, after a lengthy illness. He was born Sept. 26, 1922, in the Reydel community to the late Earl and Maggie Stedman Cummings. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Stuttgart and a World War II Army veteran. He fought in the southern Philippines and in the Battle of Luzan.

On Jan. 22, 1948, he married Leona Brewer. They were married for 58 years until her death in 2006. Besides his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Telfair “Jeff” Cummings, Earl “Mutt” Cummings, James Marvin Cummings, Dolpher “Bubbles” Cummings and Connel Cummings.

He is survived by his daughter, Dixie Phillips and husband Joe, of Stuttgart; granddaughter, Susan Adamson-Ray and husband Justin and great-granddaughter, Asher “Bit” Ray, all of Little Rock; step-granddaughter, Marcia Neal and husband Todd and step-great-grandchildren, Madison, Tanner, Callie and McKenzie Neal, all of Beebe; two sisters, Lola Hooper, of Memphis, and Vera Griffin, of Granbury, Texas; and a very special sister-in-law and caregiver, Alma Yarbrough.

Funeral services will be held at Turpin Funeral Home Saturday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m. with burial following in Lone Tree Cemetery. Family visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, No. 1 Children’s Way, Little Rock, Ark. 72202 or American Childhood Cancer Organization of Arkansas, P.O. Box 3854, Little Rock, Ark. 72203-3854.